2 Kings 5:3

Would God This interjection is found only here and in Psalms 119:5. There it is rendered - O thatmy ways were directed".

the prophet thatis in Samaria Elisha had a house in the city of Samaria, as we see from verse 9, and also from 2 Kings 6:32. The fame of the prophet, and the mighty cures which God wrought through him, must have been matter of much note ere they reached this little servant.

he would recover him The verb, which commonly means -to assemble" or -gather together", is very expressive in the mouth of the Israelitish maiden, for the leper in Israel must keep himself apart, and never be gatheredwith the rest of the people. The passive is used (Numbers 11:14-15) when Miriam was cured of her leprosy, -she was received in again", i.e. joined in the company of the rest of the people.